I saw MY house!!!

On Saturday I got a chance to walk through my house. It is beautiful. These are some pictures...

The RING

So... THIS is RING #3!!! Isn't she a beauty?

I'm sure there are lots of dying children harvesting diamonds for rings like this... BUT I LOVE MY RING!!!!

A Quarter of a Century

On August 6, 2007 (Monday) I will turn 25 years old. That is a quarter of a century! YUCK!

August 6th is the 218th day of the year, leaving 147 days to the end of the year.

August 6th is the day Jamaica celebrates its Independence day.

On my Birthday in:

1787 - Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States were delivered to the Constitutional Convention.

1926 - Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

1945- World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 90,000 people were killed instantly.

1962 - Jamaica becomes independent.

1984 - Pop star Prince releases Purple Rain, the album which would launch him to superstardom.

2001 - White House briefing entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks.

These people share my Birthday:

1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)

1925- Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)

1926- Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1970- M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director

I am BLESSED! & Grass!

So Jimmy and I went shopping today and on the way home we fantasized about driving to "our home." So we decided to detour from our usually route to his parents' house and went by our "soon-to-be" home. To our surprise we FINALLY have some landscaping. There are some bushes and some grass and even a few trees! This is really exciting because now it looks even more like a home.

I was thinking today...I am so blessed to have the opportunity for my first home to be completely new. Not only that, but GOD has shown himself true in so many ways throughout this whole process. It is in times like this that I become overwhelmed by how much GOD loves me. No matter how many times I fail, whether by screwing up rather royally, or just failing to listen to His call, He continues to love me just the same. I question sometimes; how is it that I am worthy of this love? And then I remember this: I am created in God's image and though I have fallen, God loved me so much that He sent His Son to die for all my shortcomings. This tells me something about my worth (and I have a tendency to question God and I often remind myself of this). When God says that He proved His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, He is expressing what we are worth to Him. He created us in His perfect image. He "owns" us so to speak. And in the shedding of Christ's blood, He bestowed upon us the greatest gift that He could give. God could have secured our salvation for a much lower price if He chose. He could have made things to turn out differently. But He chose the to offer the HIGHEST price for our salvation. And God tells us over and over how much we are worth to Him. He calls us sons, dearly loved children, and he tells us that He will give us good gifts and discipline. In other words, He will treat us the way loving father should treat his children. What are our own sons worth to us? They are priceless. There is no amount of money that could convince us to sell them. If that is so for sinful parents, how much more is it so for God? Will He ever give us up? Can anything ever separate us from His love?

So anyhow... I am VERY thankful to GOD for all He has done for me lately. I pray that He continues to bless Jimmy and I in our life together. I hope that you will pray the same for us as well.